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The Museum of the Confederacy is considering a presence at Fort Monroe in Hampton where it could showcase its collection of naval artifacts. The Richmond-based museum has an expansion plan underway which would see three satellite locations being set up. Robert Hancock, senior curator and director of collections, said the museum is working on building a facility at Appomattox, the scene of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's surrender to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. Another outlet is planned in the Fredericksburg area, the scene of many Civil War battles and a third at Fort Monroe. "Fort Monroe depends on a lot of things out of our control. The U.S. Army is moving out,"...

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